1946-12-04 ACID AND OTHER DECONTAMINATING SOLUTIONS USED IN CLEARING SALT WATER SYSTEMS MAY BE DISCHARGED INTO HARBORS

a. Dumping Radiation - San Francisco Bay, a. Dumping Radiation into environment, Guam/Marianas, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Norfolk, Nuclear Radiation sites, Nuclear Waste Site, Operation Crossroads, Operations Nuclear Tests, Pearl Harbor, Puget Sound, Radiation Experiment Site, San Diego, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Bay, the water, San Francisco Naval Shipyard (Hunters Point Shipyard), Terminal Island 1 Minute

Navy Reports that document the dumping of nuclear waste directly into San Francisco Bay as well as other Navy Bases, the orders, correspondence, etc.

Citation: DTIC AD0473908: OPERATION CROSSROADS. RADIOLOGICAL DECONTAMINATION OF TARGET AND NON- TARGET VESSELS. VOLUME 3 Page 53

TO:
COMWESSEAFRON COM 11
NAVSHIPYD SAN FRAN, C0M12
NAVSHIPYD PUGET SOUND
NAVSHIPYD MARE BLAND
NAVSHIPYD TERMINAL IS
NAVSHIPYD NORFOLK, COM ’13
NAVSHIPYD PEARL, COM 14
NAVSHIPYD SANDIEGO, COM 15
ATC M KWAJ, COMMARIANAS
COMNAVPHIL
CINCPAC
COMSERVPAC CNO
032133Z NCR 1162

ON BASIS FURTHER STUDY RADIOLOGICAL HAZARDS AND CONFERENCES WITH BUMED, MANHATTAN DISTRICT, RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY ADVISOR AND UNIVCAL REPRESENTATIVES FOLLOWING DECISIONS MADE. NO HEALTH OR SECURITY HAZARDS ARE PRESENT IN FOLLOWING PROCEDURES. THESE INSTRUCTIONS SUPERSEDE PREVIOUS RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED AND WILL BE INCORPORATED IN CHANGE TO MY CONF LTR ALL/ALL CROSSROADS /C S99) (0) OF 22 NOVEMBER 1946: A SPECIAL DISPOSAL OF SAND USED IN WET SANDBLASTING UNDERWATER BODIES CROSSROADS NON TARGET VESSELS NOT REQUIRED. B. MARINE GROWTH ANTSCALE REMOVED FROM VESSELS AT FIRST DRYDOCKING SHALL BE SEGREGATED AND SUNK AT SEA AS PREVIOUSLY PRESCRIBED.

C. ACID AND OTHER DECONTAMINATING SOLUTIONS USED IN CLEARING SALT WATER SYSTEMS MAY BE DISCHARGED INTO HARBORS. SOLUTIONS SHOULD BE DISCHARGED AT SLOW RATE OR BY PROVIDING A FLOW OF WATER ALONG WITH DISCHARGE SO AS TO DILUTE THE SOLUTION ABOUT ONE FOURTH. DISCHARGE SHOULD BE MADE WELL CLEAR OF DOCKS AND SHORELINE DURING EBB TIDE. D. SCALES AND MARINE GROWTHS, REMOVED MANUALLY FROM EVAPORATORS AND SALT WATER SYSTEMS SHALL BE SEGREGATED AND SUNK AT SEA AS HERETOFORE. E. ALL PROCEDURES SHOULD BE TREATED AS ROUTINE IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ANY ADVERSE PUBLICITY. BUMED CONCURS.

SECRET

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OPERATION CROSSROADS. RADIOLOGICAL DECONTAMINATION OF TARGET AND NON- TARGET VESSELS. VOLUME 3. 1946 UNCLASSIFIED DNA ltr, 21 Apr 1982 DIRECTOR OF SHIP MATERIAL TECHNICAL INSPECTION REPORT

 

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